Introducción
Después de siete largos años, la Sony PlayStation finalmente consigue un 4 en la caja. Únete a iFixit para desmontarla y veremos qué cambió, y si valió la pena la espera. Volamos a conocer a nuestros amigos de Chipworks, y conseguimos una de las primeras consolas norteamericanas para un gran desmontaje en equipo.
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Resumen del Video
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No, pero realmente, estamos desarmando el PlayStation 4. Las partes que esperamos encontrar son:
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Procesador AMD "Jaguar" de 8 nucleos x86-64
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Nucleo Grafico de AMD Radeon 1.84 TFLOPS
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8 GB GDDR5 RAM
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500 GB de almacenamiento de disco duro extraíble y actualizable
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802.11 b/g/n Wireless y Bluetooth 2.1
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USB 3.0 + Ethernet 10/100/1000
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1.21 Gigawatt Flux Capacitor (bien, este es más en el sentido de una petición que una expectativa real)
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¿Qué tipo de hardware tiene una gestación de 7 años? Apenas podemos abrir la caja lo suficientemente rápido. El primer vistazo revela:
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Otra caja. Continuando.
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Consola PS4 (si esto falta en su caja, póngase en contacto con su representante de Sony Computer Entertainment)
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Control DualShock 4
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Cable de poder
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Cable HDMI
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Cable Micro-USB
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Auricular mono con micrófono, interruptor y clip de camisa
"Jim Washburn was an ex college coach. He'll get on his motorcycle and drive from Coast to Coast; and if he sees anybody that looks like a big, explosive pass rusher, he'll pull over and work em out."
- The Coach (Jon Gruden)
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Aquí en iFixit, somos rivales adversarios de la mentalidad de caja negra. Lo que ocurre dentro de la electrónica de consumo no debe ser un misterio incomprensible (ni no reparable).
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Siete años de innovación en el diseño llevan a la PS4 un cuerpo claramente más geométrico, una barra de luz de indicador y un etiquetado de logotipo más sutil que la última vez.
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También encontramos:
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Unidad de carga de ranura de disco Blu-ray / DVD.
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Dos puertos USB 3.0 con alimentación
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Algunos logos finos que ofrecen a los amigos de PlayStation-HDMI, DTS, Dolby y Blu-ray.
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Ahora que has sacado de la caja tu nuevo monolito brillante, querrás conectarlo a algo. 'Dale la vuelta, Sony suministra algunos puertos::
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Entrada de corriente.
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Salida de audio óptica digital.
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HDMI
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Entrada Ethernet
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Puerto auxiliar para conectar dispositivos externos, como la cámara PlayStation
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Los informes han estado saliendo poco a poco en alrededor de Internet sobre algunos mal funcionamientos de PlayStation 4.
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Uno de estos problemas de hardware, como señaló Kotaku, impide que la PS4 de salida de una señal de vídeo a la pantalla.
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Según Kotaku, parece que "una pieza de metal en el puerto HDMI del sistema se suponía que había estado a nivel con el fondo del puerto, pero en cambio se había doblado hacia arriba, obstruyendo algunos de los pines del puerto".
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Este "pedazo obstructor de metal ... había golpeado realmente algunos de los" dientes "fuera del alambre de HDMI - el empaquetado con ese PS4."
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Estamos contentos de ver a Sony darle poder a la gente con el disco duro de la PS4: es reemplazable por el usuario.
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Vamos a tener una guía detallada en breve para los jugadores intrépidos que apetece una unidad más grande o un SSD pero por ahora, el resto fácilmente saben todo lo que se interpone entre usted y el disco duro nirvana es una cubierta de plástico y algunos tornillos
I don't have the part that you can open and there is no where else I could possibly open it
If it aint raining, boy, we aint training!
Am I right?
How bout it?
You ever wing-finger a wench? Buffalo style?
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Viene el Disco SATA II, 5400 RPM, 500 GB, proporcionada por HGST (una subsidiaria de Western Digital).
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Con un solo tornillo que asegura la bandeja, la sustitución de esta unidad es fácil.
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No sólo es este disco duro reemplazable por el usuario, sino que es un estándar de 2.5 (tamaño de laptop) unidad SATA, lo que significa que puede reemplazar o actualizar su almacenamiento con cualquier unidad estándar que te guste, siempre y cuando cumpla con: no más grueso que 9.5 milímetros, y no más pequeño que 160 GB. Los usuarios se regocijan
Yes you can use external storage now
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Herramienta utilizada en este paso:Precision Tweezers Set$9.95
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Excavando demandas más profundas nos deshacemos de algunas pegatinas tontas. Sin prestar atención a sus amenazantes mensajes anti-reparación, rápidamente los descartamos con la ayuda de nuestras pinzas de confianza ...
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Sólo para ser confrontado con algunos tornillos Torx de seguridad ligeramente tortuosos.
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Por suerte para nosotros, los tornillos no estan tan apretados. como para quebrar nuestro juego de destornilladores Pro Tech.
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Mientras que estamos felices esto no es un pegamento (del tipo de adhesivo), este daño no pasará desapercibido cuando llegue el momento de asignar un puntaje de reparabilidad.
Some PS4 models only have the two (stickered) screws I. The middle the top cover is held in place with 2 tor’s screws under the black plastic hard drive section cover that is removed near the start
You cracked the code
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Interrumpimos este desmontaje para traerle un boletín de noticias especial:
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El temido Imperio anti-reparto ha emitido alguna propaganda en contra de sus derechos de desmontar, modificar, hackear, mejorar, individualizar y hacer lo que se le da gana porque es su dispositivo.
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¡Es una trampa! Esta propaganda pretende ser verde, pero tenemos dudas sobre lo reciclable que es este dispositivo.
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¡Queremos que ustedes se levanten y se rebelen! La reparación es el futuro. Es tu derecho. Elevar su manifiesto alto, y unirse a la Alianza de la reparación!
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Y ahora de vuelta a su programa regular ...
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Haciendo caso omiso de nuestro edicto de manual de usuario, nos movemos a...
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... y quitar los cuatro T9 tornillos de seguridad Torx , lo que nos permite hacer estallar la campana en el modelo de cuarta generación de la PlayStation de Sony. Nuestros ojos se ensanchan mientras esperamos una primera mirada a lo que hace que esta belleza ronronee.
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Y sin embargo, no estamos viendo nada más que apretados sentimientos de nostalgia. Mira cómo han cambiado las cosas.
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En el desmontaje de PlayStation 4 de Sony, el Director de Ingeniería Yasuhiro Ootori nos dio una mirada al ventilador centrífugo de 85 mm de diámetro diseñado a medida:
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"El volumen de aire y la presión generada, así como la dirección del flujo de aire, forman parte del exclusivo diseño de PS4".
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En este video exclusivo, nuestro Arquitecto Jefe de Información, Miroslav Djuric, presenta su propia visión de esta maravilla de la ingeniería.
Me said it! It must be true!
ME must be short for “Mechanical Engineer” , and they never do anything wrong. :)
S.N.A.
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Nuestro ingeniero de desmontaje de control remoto se desatornilla y saca algunos soportes de retención ingeniosos ...
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... mientras disfruta de una merienda muy merecida, y claramente canadiense, con nuestros amigos en Chipworks.
OMG Tim Hortons!!! its been ages since i lay my hand on those...
Where's the birthday cake timbits?
Yes! Extra large triple triple w/ 3 shots please.
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Soportes y donas despachados, volvemos nuestra atención a la liberación de la fuente de alimentación.
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No hay barricada para tropezar en su cable de alimentación, esta fuente de alimentación todavía se encuentra justo dentro del caso.
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La fuente de alimentación está clasificada en una entrada de CA de 100-240 voltios. Esto significa que usted puede tomar su juego alrededor del mundo con su fiel PS4 siempre a su lado; Recuerde traer sus adaptadores de toma de corriente.
I see it's multi voltage, but did your unit state on the back of the box and the unit that it was 100 ~ 240v ?
My unit only says 120v, both on the box and the unit,it could be that you had a multi voltage unit ?
Please confirm for us all
Many thanks
Mine say 110V. I also wonder if it is dual voltage.
Donald -
Can you specify the exact model you tested in the video and what it says on the rear side regarding the voltage?
I bought in US aunt model CUH-1001A. On the rear plastic it says "120V" only, and the manual for CUH-1001A specifications show also only 120V.
Is this the same model as you tested? If so, I can assume my internal power supply is 100-240V as in the tested unit, if not - I may have to buy a voltage transformer.
OK, I trusted some older posts and plugged it in - happy to say its working great and nothing burned :)
I have a model CUH-1001A saying at the bottom "120V 2.1A 60Hz". Working in Israel on 220V.
Amir -
mine says 100V 50-60Hz I bought it in Japan and using in Eurtope with 220/240VAC
I was really afraid before trying. but i managed thanks to this guide and willing to play!! it works! it is definetly dual voltage.
they make them all the same, i guess in the same factory in China, i am wondering about the Blue ray disc, does the region depends by the hardware or the software (i guess the second one) i haven't tryed it yet
Hey i just picked up a PS4 from Japan...CUH 1201B Model...on the box and on the back of the PS4 its clearly written 110v....pls can someone confirm if its actually duel voltage.....these posts are about 3 years old...has someone tried it recently......
hooghan -
i wouldn"t chance there are adapters out there this website is too concerned with canadian doughnuts to tell you there are two screws to remove the psu casing i don't think these people care if you are trying to affect you own repair rather than give money to sony or if your trying to cleanout your fan and any other area that is dust related which isn't fair to the (if you will "not so knowledgeable") consumers of the this website.
and to be clear by not so knowledgeable i meant people who aren't electronically inclined
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Usted no ha escapado de este desmantelamiento, sin embargo, la fuente de alimentación. Es hora de divulgar sus secretos jugosos.
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Al tomar la fuente de alimentación de su alojamiento revela lo que esperábamos: grandes condensadores, ninguno de los cuales dio el flujo que buscábamos.
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Parece que esta fuente de alimentación sólo está avanzando en el tiempo. (suspiro)
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Ahora que se ha eliminado la fuente de alimentación, finalmente puede limpiar el ventilador.
There is a danger here for little kids. The 120 volts for the power supply readily accessible to little fingers and probing metal tools like coins in the hands of children. The ends of the 120 volt wires are exposed, the fuse is exposed which will have 120 volts on BOTH ends, the capacitor is right there along with the power transistors, choke coils, and other things, including the transformers. Many will still be live even when the console is turned off.
Make sure to unplug the unit when there are small children around and the unit is sitting out in the open. When using it, put the back away from where little fingers can reach it.
That’s one of the reasons so many products are “not user serviceable”. So you can’t fail against them when you electrocute yourself. ;)
I just got a little shock
Name part ? That
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La unidad Blu-ray / DVD es nuestro próximo objetivo, mantenido en su lugar por un par de tornillos.
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Desafortunadamente, la PS4 NO es compatible con PS3, PS2 o PS1. Esta unidad puede hacer girar sus discos antiguos, pero no los reproducirá.
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Curiosamente, no reproducirá CDs de música, tampoco, aunque esto parece ser una mera limitación de software que Sony planea arreglar en una actualización posterior.
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Pero ¿quién necesita una unidad óptica en absoluto, ahora que hemos aprovechado el poder de la nube?
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Ese es el caso, Sony planea lanzar un servicio de streaming de juegos en 2014 impulsado por la tecnología Gaikai, que le permitirá jugar juegos de PS3 en una PS4. Todo el procesamiento se hará "en la nube" por los servidores de Sony, con sólo el video transmitido a su consola real.
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Eso es todo bien y bueno, pero vamos a llegar a lo que realmente nos importa: ¿Podemos jugar Crash Bandicoot?
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Esta es la historia de una unidad óptica y su tablero ... Únete a ellos en un viaje de descubrimiento, para averiguar exactamente de qué están hechos.
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Encontramos unos cuantos circuitos integrados en la placa de la unidad óptica:
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Renesas SCEI RJ832841FP1
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Mitsumi 312 3536A
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ROHM BD7763EFV 325 T62 Motor Driver IC
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TM8ED 9H A07 VG MYS 331Z
So, is the optical drive a custom-built Sony component, or is it manufactured by someone else?
Mylar connectors. I HATE Mylar connectors. They are flimsy, prone to popping out when shipping, and are great for making intermittent contacts. The are also hard to get in and out without destroying the wire, the socket, or both.
The pins in my optical drive were not aligned so I disassembled it and realigned the pins. However when I put it back together my ps4 is not turning on
I lost my screws to fix my
Laser deck do you know what screws I need?
Hey there, this is a teardown, not a repair guide, check out our repair manual for the PlayStation 4. You can follow the optical drive replacement guide to find out more about the screws you need, step 12 has the screws I think you're talking about.
I cant seem to find anyway to get new rollers from
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En una carrera por la placa base, quitamos unos cuantos tornillos que aseguran el cuerpo del PS4.
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Estamos pelando los paneles como si estuviéramos remodelando una guarida de los años 60.
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Pronto, la placa base, pronto.
The top cover can be a little stubborn. There are locating clips on the edge opposite the screws that like to hang on. Use the force..
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Por fin, llegamos a abrir ese glorioso maletín de poder intelectual y retirar nuestro tesoro.
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A diferencia de las placas base que vemos en los dispositivos siempre delgados de mano, la placa base de la PS4 hace alarde de una plana fibra de vidrio verde libre y continua.
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Campos de circuitos integrados frescos maduros para la recolección!
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SCEI (Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc.) CXD90026G SoC (inlucye los nucleos AMD "Jaguar" y el GPU AMD Radeon)
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Samsung K4G41325FC-HC03 4 Gb (512 MB) GDDR5 RAM (un total de 8 x 512 MB = 4 GB)
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SCEI CXD90025G Procesador secundario de bajo poder para las tareas de red
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Samsung K4B2G1646E-BCK0 2Gb DDR3 SDRAM
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Macronix MX25L25635FMI 256Mb Memoria Flash Serial
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Marvell 88EC060-NN82 Controlador de Ethernet
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SCEI 1327KM44S
Per Chipworks, the 2 Gb (256 MB) DDR3 is used by the dedicated network co-processor. That also seems reasonably apparent from the board layout.
Look at step 21, the other memory chips are on the board's underside.
Where is the temperature sensor?
There are little gray rubber-like things on the RAM… if one of these is missing will it affect anything??
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Dicen que los circuitos integrados son siempre más ecológicos en el otro lado ...
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Controlador de concentrador Genesys Logic GL3520 USB 3.0
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Samsung K4G41325FC-HC03 4 Gb (512 MB) GDDR5 RAM (un total de 8 x 512 MB = 4 GB)
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Rectificador internacional 35858 N326P IC2X
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Macronix 25L1006E CMOS de memoria flash en serie
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39A207 1328 E1 3FU
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¿Qué es eso detrás de la puerta número uno?
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Panasonic MN86471A Comunicación HDMI LSI
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¿Y puerta número dos?
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Marvell Wireless Avastar 88W8797 7 Integrado 2x2 WLAN / Bluetooth / FM en un solo chip SoC
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Skyworks 2614B 315BB
The Panasonic chip is the HDMI 1.4 transmitter. The HDMI 2.0 version is MN864777.
The linked details suggest that the Marvel chip supports Bluetooth 4, but PS4 specs only say 2.1. Possible for Sony to update this in a later software update?
I would suppose so. We'll have to see about that. So the Marvel chip supports BT LE (Low Energy). That's kinda interesting. Would be awesome for external accessories such as heart rate monitors and different sensors.
Rob Ban -
Look at picture n°1 ... is the board damaged ?? wtf ..
They had to take a metal shield off to see this chip, not surprising if that caused some damage.
frandom -
Sorry but there's a ton of damage around the Panasonic IC and on the Marvel daughterboard... In this condition, it looks like at the very least you'd have a hard time playing HDCP content and connecting the controllers wirelessly?
Is this damage from Chipworks or is this something that occurred during initial take-apart; that is to say, is this something that would happen if one tried at home?
Since they aren't identified previously, its hard to understand how they end up in this condition.
...I vote that iFixit demonstrate how the take-aparts posted affect the product functionality by documenting reassembly and restored function. Without that, the scores only represent how easy it is to disassemble a device.
As far as I can tell the damage is because metal shields that were covering the chips have been removed so that we can see what they are. These shields aren't intended to be removed and aren't relevant to repairability.
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frandom is correct. Chipworks removed the shields in a quick-n-dirty fashion because we wanted to identify what chips lurked underneath the metal covers. There is no way this PS4 will work afterwards since CW took all the main chips off the board in order to depackage the chips themselves. Consider this PS4 to be sacrificed at the altar of chip investigation.
You could’ve easily avoided all of the board damage if you simply had used a hot air rework station or maybe a soldering iron, some flux and desoldering wick. Sorry guys, but you did a crappy job of removing those shielding cans…
Under normal circumstances you’d be correct, but as Miro mentioned above, board damage is all but irrelevant here since the next step in the analysis is to depackage the individual chips—i.e. remove them from the board, slice them open for a cross-section, grind them down layer by layer, and analyze them under a scanning electron microscope. You can see what the process looks like in our Apple A4 teardown. Trying to keep the board pretty while you harvest all the chips is sort of like asking the demolition crew not to get mud on the carpet as they’re wiring up the building with explosives.
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El caso comienza a parecer disperso cuando evacuamos el blindaje electromagnético.
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Determinado a permanecer conectado, el disipador de calor se aferró a la protección del blindaje electromagnético para variar. No se separaría
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Créenos. Nosotros tratamos. Se defendió.
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Las banditas no son lo mas bonitos de este desmontaje, pero usamos nuestras cicatrices de reparación con orgullo!
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Nuestro honorable mártir desmantelado comentó: "Este blindaje electromagnético es grande, como un rallador de queso".
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Por fin, el mayor ventilador de la PS4!
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La belleza es una cosa, pero este ventilador también tiene función: está diseñado para funcionar más inteligente y silencioso que el viejo molino de viento sibilante de la PS3, subiendo y bajando gradualmente para mantener la cuenta de los decibelios baja.
I wonder what the weight tolerances are if someone would press on the top of the console and possibly damage the fan. I wonder if that is what causes most blue light flashing issues? Any way someone could test that?
hi i recently bougth a ps4 slim 1tb CUH 2016B model. It camed with the cooler broken so i have to replace it. Ive been looking on ebay and i cant find that model of cooler (it looks the same as the one on the video) so im wondering if i could replace it with the cooler of the ps4 CUH-1215A. What do you recomend? What model of cooler will work with a ps4 CUH 2016B? Thanks
There's also the part you should note: The PS4 fan runs like a jet engine, and a boring 747 produces less noise
I need to replace the power supply of the fan (the 3 pin part from the motherboard), but I don't know the part number or how to search for it. My PS4 model is CUH-1004A. Can you please help me? Thank you
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Cada nuevo dispositivo necesita su propio escándalo. Así que cuando nos acercamos al final de nuestro desmontaje de PS4, tomaremos un momento para compartir nuestra propia confirmación de wobblegate.
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La confirmación: Sí, se tambalea si lo empujas.
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La solución: No presione sobre ella.
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Finalmente desmontaje completo, lanzamos las piezas sobre la mesa en señal de victoria.
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Y luego ordenar las piezas un poco, porque nuestras madres están viendo.
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- La ausencia de adhesivos facilita el desmontaje y el reensamblaje.
- El disco duro es fácil de acceder y reemplazar, y su sustitución no anulará su garantía.
- Los tornillos de seguridad y los sellos de seguridad evitan que los usuarios desmonten y reparen su PS4.
- Tendrá que desmontar un poco del dispositivo para acceder al ventilador para la limpieza, e incluso más para el reemplazo.
- La placa media esta afilada y podría causar algún daño a los dedos si no tiene cuidado durante el desmontaje.
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extra 256mB DDR3 chip eh? strange design. sat normally everything is upside down in the case.. and the way it sucks air through the power supply, then through the heatsink and up into the case.. guess the hot air blows out of the front? or is there something on the other side of the bottom cover to guide it towards the back? also saw that replaceable cr2032 battery... that will be dead in 4 years and I don't think anyone's gonna be replacing it.. wonder why they didn't stick in a rechargeable one like the dreamcast. or make it a user changeable one like the wii/wii u
Traditionally, blower fans blow air out of a system (hence the name). So no, it isn't drawing air in through the PSU, that wouldn't make much sense.
Also, I've seen plenty of 10+ year old systems with BIOS batteries that are still fine, so I've no idea where you've got that 4 year life from.
Figuring out the airflow of the PS4 is like doing origami. The air comes in from the top of the back and goes out the bottom of the back. There is a aluminum-mobo-aluminum sandwich about a half inch thick in between.
The air come in through the top slots, over and through the bottom of the sandwich as the mobo is upside down. The air cools the sheet, cools the memory chips by little dimples on the sheet and then is sucked through the sandwich by many small holes in the sheet metal and then through the mobo- yes, there are airholes strategically placed on the the mobo! Look by the battery for most of them that are directly over the fan intake.
Now the air comes to the fan intake via those small holes and a couple of vents over the hard drive. The cutouts over the fan intake are particularly strange, square holes, small round holes, L shaped holes. From there it is out the fan across the top sheet, then the CPU/GPU heatsink, again with memory dimples, and out through the hot parts of the power supply.
You may be right John - from the blower design I'd assumed there were vents on the bottom, but there don't appear to be, at least from the unboxing videos I've seen. Having the intake and exhaust right next to each other is traditionally a no-no for cooling, off the top of my head I can't think of any other piece of consumer electronics that does it like this.
the dreamcast DID have a cr2032, in both the console AND the VMU's
Yes, and the DC one was rechargeable. That’s my point.
King -
Can you tell us if the power supply is multivoltage.
Thanks
This just may be the Droid you're looking for.
can i use ps4 with vga port lcd tv ? (just with cable,no converter)
HDMI doesn't support VGA signals, so you're going to have to convert it.
Any determination on sata 2 vs sata 3?
This is I want to know also...
I see that sony are still leaving massive gaps down the side of the Heatsink which does nothing for airflow efficiency. Some models of the ps3 slim were like this and I did an experiment with a jailbroken one so I could see the temps, with the gap blocked off I got a decent drop in temps.
Just a heads up.. I had an intercooler attached to my first ps3 and it burned up. On the second one i put a fan behind the system and it never over heated. I just gave it to my grandson after having it for six years and it still works fine. I am doing the same with my new ps4. Bill2208
Never buy a fan that attaches to your PS3 or PS4, i found that it burns your system up. Instead get a small fan and place it behind the unit and it will cool it just fine. I just gave my Grandson Dustin my 6 year old PS3 it still works great...
Is it something regarding about this?
4G is the density of the RAM. Desnity is in bits and not bytes, so 4G bits per chip = 512MB.
There are 8 chips on the top of the board and 8 on the bottom making a total of 16 giving 8GB of GDDR5 RAM.
For an explanation of part number see http://www.samsung.com/global/business/s....
Yes but it has 4 GB of RAM on both sides of the motherboard. 2 x 4 x 512 MB = 8092 MB (8 GB) of RAM.
This is a great picture guide on how to tear it down. I havent seen many places helping find the best hard drive until I found this guide here - http://boxclash.com/ps4-hard-drive-upgra... there are 5-6 hard drives that work with the PS4 that have high reviews
I wonder what the weight tolerances are if someone would press on the top of the console and possibly damage the fan. I wonder if that is what causes most blue light flashing issues? Any way someone could test that?
SONY does away with ALL conventional ways of pulling heat from the console chips. The first is that the CPU/GPU is facing DOWN towards the bottom of the console. The next is that the heatsink is NOT touching the CPU/GPU chip directly and is also facing down in the case. The high speed graphics chips need to be cooled and it is done by dimpling the two sheet metal panels, 16 dimples in all. The ONLY means by which these SEVENTEEN contacts are made is by some sticky stuff on the graphics chips, thermal paste, and TWO SCREWS. Two screws mounted diagonally from each other and the holes can been seen in the mobo. Give this thermal sheet metal sandwich a good twist, squeeze, or bump and some of these 17 contacts are going to be bent, squeezed, or separated. Any non or poor contact will cause the board to measure overheating, stopping the console.
SONY took a big risk in trying to innovate here and it may be the cause of many of the consoles problems. That and Mylar connectors ( I hate Mylar connectors!)
Uh, you might want to take another look at the teardown pictures. Step 23 very clearly shows the underside of the heatsink plate, along with the thermal paste. As with the Xbox One (and other AMD APUs), the GPU is on the chip, so is cooled by the same cooler. As for your concern over only 2 screws being used to secure the cooler, that's really not going to be an issue for a heatpipe-based cooler like this. Massive, heavy copper heaksinks (like some Zalman ones) are secured with similar 2 screw brackets in PCs without any problems.
For me, the real concerns are that the fan draws air in from underneath the console - I wonder how many of these will end up being used while on carpets, and how much dust will end up getting sucked up. Also, that radiator looks awfully small when compared to the one the Xbox has; that either means more airflow is needed (so potentially noisier) or coping with higher temperatures.
Right is the the other poster and wrong am I! The heatsink not only has a cutout for it AND is held down by the two screws but it also has a bump out that makes better contact with the ALU. I am still trying to wrap my head around a screw that goes through a aluminum sheet, the motherboard, another aluminum sheet and into the heatsink is going to prevent the sheets from moving or bending. I would have to play with it to figure that out. Still, not a single chip gets blown on by the fan on the mobo as they are encased in that very thin sandwich.
I find it interesting that it looks like AMD is going back to a (sort of) shim for both the PS4 and Xbox APUs rather than the heat spreader used on current desktop chips. Was this something specified by MS/Sony I wonder, or something AMD decided? Does it result in better heat transfer?
Where abouts are the light emitting diodes on the ps4? I assume they are Smds on the motherboard, but can't quite tell?
need a replacement power supply unit!!! where can i find one?
Our step by step repair guides will have more information about screw sizes than the teardown!
Quick Question, is it a T9 or T8? I see people on eBay selling T8 for the PS4.
Thanks in advance
The screws are T9 Torx Security.
I took mine apart to clean. It wont turn on now. I did my xbox 1 still works perfect
In step 18 you unscrewed the metal plating to get to the motherboard... unfortunately mine has some screws screwed in backwards, so i can only see the threaded parts of them! how can i get them out? is mine the only one with this problem? is it the fault of some chinese Foxconn worker?
Hi there! I suppose it's possible you have a different model with a different screw pattern, but before you panic, check the motherboard replacement guide, this is a teardown and is not meant to be followed as a repair guide!
Quite possibly the worst guide I've seen on here so far.
This is a teardown, not a guide. If you're looking for instructions, you can find them here.
Very good.
Thanks, you save my day.
I have a PS4 with that will not start when you push the on/off button. put it will start when you load a disk in the disk drive. Is it possible to get a replacement for the on / off button?
You guys use to be so good about showing all the locations of the screws. Well, better look elsewhere.... (I have extra screws, and I need to find out where they go!) Now, I see they replaced the time they took labeling the screws and instead tell us what they are snacking on! SMH! Please stop including USELESS information!
Edit: So I see in other comments, that this is a teardown, not a guide. But when I Google "PS4 disassembly" THIS is what comes up first thing. I guess...... MY BAD!
The screws on the back of the ps4 are NOT t9 screws nor are they t8 screws neither one fits both too big. After 2 trips to lowes home improvement to get the correct one at 20 miles each way twice.
Care to share which driver ended up working for you? There is more than one revision of the PS4; this teardown was for the launch version, which may have used different screws.
"This teardown is not a repair guide. To repair your PlayStation 4, use our service manual."
This might be late but - Does anyone know the dimensions of the RAM? Or any links to RAM heatsink on Amazon?
I have this little black gear with a spring I have no idea where it goes please help
Also it came from the disk drive
Looking thru have 4 black Security screws where shall those be placed?? I have bought a torn Down ps4
That bluetooth chip appears to support 4.0, while the pre-slim PS4s controllers only used 2.1 (and had a lot of interference)? Does anyone know if using the V2 DS4 would form a 4.0 link? Was it just controller side that didn’t support 4.1?
Does anyone have an idea of what the heatsink is made out of?
I’m interested in changing/improving the heatsink.
1. Add a “copper shim” between processor and heatsink with one drop MX4 on both sides.
2. Build out the heatsink with parts from a PC processor heatsink or replace it entirely with a PC heatsink and cut it to fit.
Anyone tried 2.?
My USB ports are not working
Hello, my PS4 Model CUH-1267 only has 2 screws on the back. Can you please explain how to open it. Since a few days it won’t start up again. Starting it, I only get a screen saying “connect the dualshock 4 with a USB-cable an next press the PS-key”, which doesn’t do anything. I got it once in safe mode and tried to reinstall everything, but then it crashed again and now I am stuck! Thanks for your support.
Bob
Sorry, I misread the model it should be CUH-1216B.
I wonder if the playstation 4 supports SSD hard disk.
Hello guys, i have a problem with my ps4, I bought a new hdd, it’s a seagate barracuda 1T and when I plug it in the ps4 it says “error CE-34333-6”. But when I start the ps4 without the hdd it says “error CE-34335-8”. I checked on the internet but no solution, it only says that my hdd is open. like the ps4 can do the difference when there is a hdd so it says “error CE-34333-6” and apparently the hdd is open and when there is no hdd and it says “error CE-34335-8”. if anyone here got the same problem please give me some advice :)
The system will always throw error CE-34335-8 if there’s no HDD inserted, it cannot boot without it. Your other error code indicates the new HDD is faulty.
Is the grounding shield necessary that's on top of the power pack
Hola buenas quería hacerles una pregunta yo desmonte mi Ps4 para limpiarla todo bien hasta aquí la volví a montar y funciona bien solo que el mando no funciona es decir si le pongo auriculares el audio no se escucha y en am los juegos el mando hace lo que quiere solo funciona todo si pego el mando a mi Ps4 literalmente tocándola a medio centímetro no funciona que puede ser? Si me pueden ayudar les agradecería les dejo mi mail por si me quieren escribir ahí. Manolitosoft1@hotmail.com muchas gracias de antemano
Some PS4 models only have a single screw on the back where you have 3 in Step 8.
There is a different method to remove the panel, and I don’t know what it is, but using this guide i was not able to complete the teardown
What model do you have? i think you can find it on the package for example, my ps4 (slim even if they don’t say so on the package) is cuh-2116b
best information
Very informative
Don’t know why it is claimed you can’t use external storage. I have been using a 4tb external hard drive successfully for over three years. It is connected to one of the two usb ports on the front. I only use it for games, haven’t used it for movies, but I assume it would work for that also.
I remember the frustration!! Sitting in filth and diarrhea, trying to disassemble my PS4 without any help and it was impossible. Missing a few screws we lost to the filth but the PS4 runs great again. Thank you for all your help!
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